Title :
Demonstration of the TDRS Ka-band transponder
Author :
Vaughn, Steve ; Sorace, Ron
Author_Institution :
Hughes Space & Commun., El Segundo, CA, USA
Abstract :
The 650 MHz Ka-band channel of the TDRS transponder was tested with qPSK data at 800 Mbps. The end-to-end performance of the bit error rate was within 2.4 dB of the theoretic value for data that lacked shaping. Use of predistortion improved the performance by another 1.4 dB
Keywords :
data communication; quadrature phase shift keying; satellite communication; satellite tracking; telecommunication equipment testing; transponders; 650 MHz; 800 Mbit/s; BER; Ka-band channel; QPSK data; TDRS Ka-band transponder; TDRS spacecraft; bit error rate; end-to-end performance; predistortion; Additive white noise; Bit error rate; Downlink; Gaussian noise; Hardware; Predistortion; Quadrature phase shift keying; Satellites; Testing; Transponders;
Conference_Titel :
MILCOM 2000. 21st Century Military Communications Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6521-6
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2000.904091
